Just bought an Xbox a couple months ago. Prior to that, the last gaming console I played was the old 8-bit Nintendo, so keep that in mind.

I got Madden 2003 simply because a friend and I saw some guys playing it at Best Buy and it looked pretty cool. It also rated 8.8 out of 10 at www.ign.com. All this year's Xbox football games rated about the same, but I notice that NFL 2K3 got 9.1. Anyway, now that I'm getting the hang of Madden I'm enjoying it.

Madden for Xbox is very good. I think I rented the 2002 one, and it was just stunning. Had more graphic polygon rendering and the movements were fluid, at sometimes blocky, but thats a given with all sports games. The faces looked real, eyes blinkings, lips moving, all that. It was a real eye treat.

Go get it and you won't be disappointed. I was sad I had to turn it back in.